Indonesia’s Humanitarian Islam Movement

Robert W. Hefner is Professor of Anthropology and Global Studies at the Pardee School of Global Affairs at Boston University and President of the American Institute for Indonesian Studies.C. Holland Taylor is co-founder of the Humanitarian Islam movement and co-founder, Deputy Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Shared Civilizational Values.Timothy Samuel Shah is co-founder and the Director of Strategic Initiatives of the Center for Shared Civilizational Values and Distinguished Research Scholar in Politics at the University of Dallas.Thomas G. Dinham is Director of Communications and European Engagement for the Center for Shared Civilizational Values and its sister organization, Bayt ar-Rahmah.

• 1. Introduction: A Movement of World-Changing Significance — Nahdlatul Ulama’s Humanitarian IslamPART I: Background2. The Humanitarian Islam Movement: Its Genealogy and Global Impact3. The Antecedents of Humanitarian Islam in the Reformist Ideas of Harun Nasution, Nurcholish Madjid, and Abdurrahman Wahid4. Humanitarian Islam as a Response to Jihadi ExtremismPART II: Perspectives on Humanitarian Islam from Within Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)5. How Islam Learned to Adapt in Nusantara6. Humanitarian Islam and Sufism: Towards an Islamic Ethics of Cultivation and Ethos of Engagement7. The Roots of Humanitarian Islam in the Writings of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali and the Javanese Reception of His Ideas8. Towards a Reform of Islamic Teachings, and Principles, Regarding Muslim/Non-Muslim Relations9. Humanitarian Islam from the Perspective of Traditional Sunni Ulama10. Humanitarian Islam, the Prophet Muhammad (saw.), and the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs (al-Khulaf ā’ al-Rāshidūn)PART III: Humanitarian Islam, Democracy, and Human Rights11. Positive Deviance Within the Indosphere and the Muslim World12. Humanitarian Islam, Christian Humanism, and Democracy13. The Indonesian Women’s Ulama Congress (KUPI) Movement and NU Women’s Religious ActivismPART IV: The Global Implications and Impact of Humanitarian Islam14. Nahdlatul Ulama and the Battle for the Soul of Islam15. Nahdlatul Ulama, Peacebuilding, and Humanitarian Islam16. The Global Soft Power of Humanitarian Islam: Prospects and Challenges Facing Nahdlatul Ulama’s Religious Diplomacy17. Nahdlatul Ulama and the R20 International Summit of Religious Leaders: A Transformative Moment in World Affairs18. Fiqh al-Hadarah and Its Implications for the United Nations and the Future of a Rules-Based International OrderPART V: Closing Reflections19. Conclusion: Moral Leadership at a Critical Juncture — Nahdlatul Ulama, Democracy, and the Quest for a Reformed Islamic Ethics20. Epilogue: Humanitarian Islam and the Post-World War II Human Rights Project